Binding: Paperback
Description: This guide provides healthcare students and professionals with a foundational background on adverse childhood experiences (AC Es) traumatic early life experiences which can have a profound impact on health in later life. AC Es can include being a victim of abuse neglect or exposure to risk in the home or community. How healthcare students and professionals learn to recognize react and respond to persons affected by trauma will lay the foundation for their relationships with patients. This book intentionally uses micro - to - macro lenses accompanied by a structural competency framework to elucidate health implications across the lifespan. It explores the nature of adversity and its effects on the physical emotional cognitive and social health of individuals communities and society. The book written by two experienced psychiatric nurses will equip healthcare students and professionals with an understanding for critical change in practice and offer action steps designed to assist them with prevention and intervention approaches and steps to help build resilience. This book will be core reading for healthcare students within mental health pediatric and primary care nursing courses. It will also be of interest to students and professionals in the social work psychology and public health fields who are exploring resilience and trauma - informed practices
Title: Adverse Childhood Experiences What Students And Health Professionals Need To Know
Author(s): Ryan Ruth
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367203825
Pages: 182 Pages, 6 Tables, Black And White; 12 Line Drawings, Black And White; 12 Illustrations, Black And
Publication Date: 8/27/2019
Category: Paediatric Nursing